Masterpiece Rodimus Convoy

B00 Wrote:
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> Think so, I made a bunch of new work flows for a
> bunch of new products. After that I think my boss
> was looking for any reason he could to let me go
> so he could bring in cheaper people to follow
> those work flows and make the products. I guess
> the Transformers were the only things he could
> come up with. He kept saying it was "embarrassing
> to see them" when they gave tours, and a bunch of
> other BS like "It make us look amateur", what a
> load. The customers don't know or care if I have
> TF's at my desk. I hate that guy so fuck'em.

Were you at least there long enough to get unemployment? I hope so.

Man, I hate middle management fuckers that are all tight-assed about "appearances". It's important to a degree, but never to the extent to which they attempt to justify it. Ugh. Corporate culture.

Reminds me of when I was working at The Largest Shipping Company in the World. On the inside of the door to the locker room changing area was a plaque with the phrase, "MEGASHIPPER, THE APPEARANCE OF QUALITY." Not, "Megashipper - Quality!" or even, "We are quality." Just the fucking appearance thereof. Which is pretty much how they ran the company from my experience. Never actually delivery quality - just look like you are. Haw.

No one in management ever saw the irony, even while I painstakingly explained the joke to them step by step. All I would get were blank stares. It's like the part of their souls that allows them to laugh had been thoroughly routed out of them with a pair of of rusty pliers. Doods were so mechanical I swear they didn't shit. They'd just strain until exudate was formed.

I've struggled with this question for years, trying to find the 'perfect, work appropriate' robot to bring to the office. Nothing with (visible) guns or swords, loose kibble, nothing too expensive and yet fun. I've debated on getting a Revoltech New Getter 3 or Giant Robo for this purpose. Maybe a paper model would be okay...

This wouldn't be (as much of) a problem if I worked for tech company, instead of public health.

I plan on having cushy desk jobs upon graduating from business school, and fuck if there won't always be a handful of shit at my desk. There's always at least one figure on my person, and no workspace I sit at is uncontaminated.

Bummer. What kind of climate do you live in? When I briefly lived in the Tracy, California (where it is dry as a fucking bone, no goddamn moisture ever, super hot most of the year) the chrome just started flaking off all kinds of stuff. In San Francisco bay area I've had no problems at all with that sort of thing.

I just put it in space truck mode an wont touch it for a year or so. They should have stuck with Hot-rod or Rodimus, not both in one toy. I have little hope that the hasbro version will be better. Their MP releases are usually about the same quality as Taka-Tomy, maybe just a little lower.

Though I've enjoyed messing with it a bit, it's certainly not been 200 plus dollars worth of enjoyment. I'm having some serious buyer's regret, now realizing how many of the MOTUC figs I could have nabbed for that same price. I really am just finding that the high-end collector's stuff is just not for me anymore...

So...MP-09 is being re-released this September (along with MP-10), mere months after the first release. This time, it'll come with improved leg parts (panels, feet) in response to the complaints about the fragility of those pieces. Yikes!

Thats good and bad at the same time. Good that at least Takara made an effort to fix the flaws. Bad is that its not a recall, for 'beta testers' like us that already bought a defect sample. I really want to love my MP-09, but when I can get toys that are much better built at half the price, things just don't match up.

Takara is going to improve a few flaws, but the overall design of the toy will remain the same. In my opinion the design is the biggest flaw. They tried to make it do too much, and the toy suffered from the execution.

No complaints about USA MP Rodimus here. I'm glad I waited instead of jumping on the Japanese version. I don't care about the Winnebago mode. The Targetmaster really completes the ensemble for me and hopefully this version costs alot less than the Japanese version. Thanks Hasbro!

I actually had a nightmare after I started seeing reviews online of the Japanese version. I thought I had pre-ordered it and forgotten and then it came as a surprise in the mail and a $300.00 charge on my credit card. I hated the toy and didn't want it. Then, thankfully, I woke up.

Definitely glad I went with the Japanese version. The look is cartoon perfect and the trailer is badass. I do kind of wish I had the Matrix though. If I had a MP Optimus, I'd steal the Matrix from that, but I don't. I have my MP Rodimus Prime holding Big Convoy's Matrix for now.

Targetmaster is sort of cool, but the colors are definitely better on the one I already have. Sort of tempted to get it anyway for the Matrix and Targetmaster. I'm sure at this point it'd cost me more to get a MP Optimus just for the Matrix.

More pics of the Hasbro Rodimus, I like the red "boots" but I'm starting to think the face is a little dark and I hope those are stickers on the legs so I can remove them. Doesn't look as "expensive" as the MP version but the price will probably be about half so that makes up for it. I skipped the MP version because I'm not a huge fan of Rodimus but with MP-10 being the same size as this figure I'll get the Hasbro version and be happy with it.